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“It’s time for women and transformation,” Ms. Sheinbaum has said on several occasions, in a nation with a history of gender-based discrimination and violence, with around 10 women or girls murdered every day.
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Mexico: It is the world’s most populous Spanish-speaking country
While Ms. Sheinbaum has pledged to stick to the outgoing president’s controversial “hugs not bullets” strategy of using social policy to tackle crime at its roots, experts expect some changes in her approach
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The new president will also have to deal with the fallout from a row over newly passed judicial reforms that will make Mexico the world’s only country to elect all judges by popular vote.
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